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TIFF/ Look Back Review: Kore-eda Draws Friendship in Gentle Strokes

ⓒCourtesy of The Toronto International Film Festival In Japan, manga can be a way for girls to express themselves, find an identity and, ultimately, connect with another person. In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, “Look Back” drawing gives two very different girls a way to express who they are and understand each other. What begins as…

Niclas Goldberg
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Hirokazu Kore-eda Will Direct the Live Action Manga Adaptation of “Look Back”

(C) Tatsuki Fujimoto/Shueisha (C)2026 K2Pictures・Shueisha Director Kore-eda, who happened upon the book at a bookstore and bought it after being drawn to the “back” on the cover of “Look Back,” read it in one sitting. He commented, “I felt so keenly that Tatsuki Fujimoto must have felt he couldn’t move forward without drawing this work….

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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